Dear Ellis,

you are in Mexico DF, right? ... 2400 m (~7800 ft.)

It is like a perpetual jetliner trip, indeed.

At that altitude, your hematocrit will be higher than
at sealevel, trying to compensate for the relative
- but not unimportant- hypoxia.

[Hello Ignacio, welcome to Rejuvenation.

Yes, but a "normal" hematocrit would be UP only 3%...
Mine is UP 9% above 45%, to 54%. It is not because of
the ALTITUDE, it is because of the testosterone, HGH,
and particularly, because of the EPO! It is also UP
because I MAKE IT stay up. - Ellis]



A hyperbaric chamber would be in order, according to these
concepts, -which I would second sincerely- to correct any
dip in the oxygen status during stress, any acute or chronic
illness, jetlag, altitude sickness, a surgical intervention
or agressive treatment.

[I am all for hyperbaric oxygen chamber. I have taken
maybe 12 or more sessions in a steel chamber, at +1.5
atmospheres... but a hyperbaric oxygen chamber is
extremely EXPENSIVE and requires a special installation,
and it is extremely LIMITED in the number of people that
can take a session or several sessions... it is also
extremely COMPLICATED to take a session (it requires a
technician on the outside who knows how to operate the
chamber safely, and who is watching out to make sure
everything is well...) And the effect of higher oxygen in
the blood stream is FINISHED after maybe 2 hours after the
end of the session.






Or just as maintenance, for a better oxygen status and longevity.
You can also use it to "supercharge" the system before travelling
to altitude, for sea-level dwellers.

[I disagree... it won't do anything for sea-level dwellers
before travelling to high altitudes... The extra oxygen will be
out of their body in a few hours... What sea-level dwellers
need before travelling to high altitudes is to RAISE RED
BLOOD CELLS, ie, hematocrit, and that can only be done with
EPO (or testosterone, to a limited degree...) - Ellis]


A season by the beach would have many advantages, in that
scenario, specially for those coming from the high plateaux
with their compensating polyglobulia. Much more oxygen, that
way, and the sea...

Hematocrit would go down at sea-level, eventually, but the
amount of absorbed oxygen would be similar to the prior levels,
or perhaps even enhanced as an effect of a "thinner" blood.

[I didn't understand that... "the absorbed oxygen would be
similar to the prior levels" What prior levels? "or perhaps
even enhanced as an effect of a "thinner" blood..."

No, I guarantee a "thinner" blood due to less red blood cells
is NOT going to enhance anything. If you don't have the red
blood cells, you don't have the hemoglobin, and if you don't
have the hemoglobin, you don't have the oxygen being carried
about. I understand what you are trying to say, that maybe
blood circulates faster because of the lower hematocrit... but
if this would "enhance" anything, then people who are anemic
would be better off than people who have a higher hematocrit,
and they aren't... - Ellis]


Hyperbaric therapy has many indications, all of them plausible
and more than anecdotally tested, but few physicians and patients
understand its actual mechanism.

Best regards.

Ignacio
Ignacio Fojgel, M.D.
Maimonides University
Buenos Aires, Argentina

[I agree with you that few physicians and patients understand
its actual mechanism... It never surprises me anymore to know
that many physicians don't know something they pretend to know...
But I understand its actual mechanism, because I have studied
it and I have taken 12 sessions, and I am a firm believer in
the benefits of hyperbaric oxygen. (If you would like to
study the videos at http://www.oceanhbo.com you will learn
or you already know what I know of the effect of HBO on the
nervous system, and to alleviate brain damage.)

The oxygen is forced into the plasma of the blood, and it can
reach and benefit places where red blood cells can not reach so
they cannot benefit it. The high oxygen repairs everything, in
particular the nervous system and some damage to cells caused
by hypoxia.

It also forces out carbon monoxide, which we all have... We all
have some carbon monoxide stuck to our red blood cells and
hemoglobin if we live in a big city. This is replaced by
oxygen, under pressure.

So, yes, I am all for hyperbaric oxygen therapy, but it is
not easy to get it... And it cannot be given to millions of
people, only to a few hundred...

It is much less expensive, makes more sense, is easier to take,
and lasts 24 hours a day everyday, if you learn to use EPO correctly... This
will give you many of the benefits of HBO
therapy. Read my pages about EPO, here:

http://www.rajeun.net/hb.html

http://www.rajeun.net/bicycle.html

http://www.rajeun.net/whatisepo.html

http://www.rajeun.net/sarcopenia.html

The best, of course, is to do both. They complement each other
perfectly well.

Thanks for writing. You are the first doctor from Argentina
that has written to Rejuvenation. Saludos! - Ellis]


..........................................
> The next thing I suggest you should tell your doctor to consider to
> do is RAISE YOUR HEMATOCRIT, if it is low (below 50%). Nothing is
> going to help you as much as having more oxygen flowing through your
> veins.
>
> My latest blood tests showed hematocrit 54% and hemoglobin 18%, and
> I FEEL GREAT... and I have felt great for several years! I'm set on
> keeping my hematocrit at about this level for another 50 years, to
> show planet earth that senior citizen senility is caused by the
> drop in hematocrit... One man 50 years from now will not prove
> anything, because it will mean nothing statistically... but maybe a
> few people will think I might be right if I am very lucid at age
> 110, and maybe they will try what I am doing.
>
> If I am right, I win... If I am wrong, I don't lose, because I feel
> full of energy, even if I might be mistaken.
>
> Thanks for writing! I really appreciate it.
>
> - Ellis]